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June 

Throughout June, our ground-breaking academics will be hosting academic taster sessions so you can learn more about your programme. 

 

Session

Date

Time

Description
Classics and Ancient History 14 June 2024 12:00 hrs Join staff from the classics department who will cover sample modules for 2024-25. This will consist of taster sessions on (1) the MA dissertation; (2) Crisis and Recovery: the Roman Empire in the long third century; and (3) Edessa, a city in Syria and its intellectual heritage. Pre-session reading is provided for 'Crisis and Recovery'.
18:00 hrs
01 July 2024

15:30 hrs

(30 min session)

 Studying ancient philosophy for the MA at Durham: this session, supplementary to the sessions offered on 14th June, will focus on the teaching of ancient philosophy for the MA programme at Durham. Anyone interested in this aspect of the course is encouraged to attend this session.

Engineering 

 

  • MSc Advanced Mechanical
  • MSc Electrical
  • MSc Energy Engineering Management
  • MSc Renewable and sustainable energy
 18 June 2024 12:00 hrs Yadong Wang from the Engineering department gives a taster of the Future vehicles module. 
18:00 hrs

English Studies

 

  • MA in English Literary Studies
 05 June 2024   Introduction to MA modules on offer in English 24-25
18 June 2024 16:00 hrs
Environmental Humanities 24 June 2024 12:00 hrs
Introducing Environmental Humanities
What are the environmental humanities? How might they aid our thinking and acting in a time of environmental crisis? What kinds of insights do they bring about nature and society? This session will introduce you to some of the basic concepts that this interdisciplinary field works with. We will also give you an opportunity to ask questions about what to expect from the programme.
15:00 hrs

Geography

 

  • Climate Risk and Society
  • Environmental Hazards and Risk
  • Risk, Security and Politics
 13 June 2024 16:00 hrs This session will provide sample teaching from core MA and MSc modules in Climate Risk and Society, Environmental Hazards and Risk, and Risk, Security and Politics. You get a brief overview of the module and the teaching and assessment within it. You will also have the opportunity to meet members of the teaching staff.

Government & International Relations

 

  • MA Politics and International Relations (Political Theory)
  • MA International Relations
  • MA International Relations (European)
  • MA International Relations (East Asia)
 25 June 2024 12:00 hrs

The session briefly introduces the Master Programmes in Politics and International Relations before offering a sample seminar on civilizational discourse in global politics. Why are civilizational discourses reemerging in global politics? What themes do these discourses encompass?

Participants are asked to prepare for the seminar by reading this article: 
Why (Clash of) Civilizations Discourses Just Won’t Go Away? Understanding the Civilizational Politics of Our Times (e-ir.info)

Government & International Relations

 

  • MSc Defence, Development and Diplomacy
  • MSc Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
 03 June 2024 14:00 hrs Abstract: Humanitarian Assistance in Unstable Contexts
This lecture will introduce students to the challenges of bringing desperately needed aid to people suffering the effects of conflict and disaster. It will pay specific attention to the ethical dilemmas and dangers faced by humanitarian staff in their work. Although the lecture will adopt a theoretical approach to understanding the issues, it also aims to put students in the shoes of aid workers who must make difficult decisions, drawing from the lecturer's experience working in disaster-affected area around the world.
History 11 June 2024 14:30 hrs The taster session will focus on 'Information and power in the Middle Ages' and forms part of a module on 'Power and Society in the Later Middle Ages').
Medical Humanities 13 June 2024 15:00 hrs
Virtual Illness Communities: Re-presenting Collective Experience
In this mini lecture, we will be exploring the construction of virtual “communities of illness” through the circulation of collective – sometimes competing – narratives. What are the possibilities and limitations of the digital medium as a mode of relating to another? Are some voices and narrative forms privileged? What does it mean for the narrative self to exist within a broader ecosystem? We will be unpacking these provocations through an analysis of Lizzy Rose’s ‘Sick, blue sea’.

Modern Languages & Cultures

 

  • MA in Languages, Literatures and Cultures
 18 June 2024 12:00 hrs This mini-lecture will introduce students to trauma studies, a growing branch in the field of cultural studies. In the last decade, feminist, postcolonial and cultural trauma theory has shifted from the focus on a single, punctual originating shock experience as the origin of trauma (Caruth, Laub) to a more broadly conceived and context-specific notion of trauma that takes into consideration the lived experience of trauma and suffering in other historical and cultural (and non-Western) contexts. In this session, we will briefly explore the emergence of and the latest developments in trauma theory, with excerpts of Toni Morrison’s Beloved providing a compelling case study of how literature can provide a creative laboratory for the negotiation of trauma.

Philosophy

 

  • MA in Philosophy
 05 June 2024 15:00 hrs
What is Philosophy?
The analytic/continental distinction.

 
18:00 hrs

Psychology

 

  • MSc Development Psychopathology & Research Methods (Development Psychopathology )
 03 June 2024 14:30 hrs
 
Current Issues in Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology.
In this session, you will be introduced to one of the core modules on the courses and provided with a taster of the teaching you can expect on this module.

Sport and Exercise Sciences

 

  • MSc in Physical Activity, Health and Society

 

 11 June 2024 14:30 hrs
 In this session, you will get the opportunity to experience what it is like to be a student on the MSc in Physical Activity, Health and Society. We will review relevant information, experience some of the academic content and learn about our student experience.

 
18:00 hrs

Theology & Religion

 12 June 2024 15:00 hrs
Join Gerard Loughlin and academics form the Theology Department to learn more about Theology and Religion at Durham.

 

July

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Session

Description

Date

Time

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Preparing, Planning & Packing for International Students Hear from current Postgraduate students on how to prepare for arriving in the UK and pack for your studies at Durham. Followed by the panel answering any questions you may have about planning for your arrival. 4 July 12:00 - 13:00 hrs Event Time Announcer
29 July 20:00 - 21:00 hrs Event Time Announcer
Bringing Your Family To Durham Staff and students who are part of Ustinov College will talk about how they can help you with settling into Durham with your family whilst studying. Followed by the panel answering any questions you may have about bringing your family with you to Durham. 25 July 12:00 - 13:00 hrs Event Time Announcer
Ways To Fund Your Studies Your postgraduate degree is an investment into your future. There is a lot to consider financially when deciding whether to take your degree to the next level. Our wonderful Postgraduate student ambassadors will lead this session providing advice on part time work opportunities and providing some budgeting tips. They will follow up with a Q&A where you can ask any questions related to finances whilst studying your PG degree. 10 July 19:00 - 20:00 hrs Event Time Announcer
Make The Most Of Your Time In Durham Join this session to hear our top tips on what not to miss whilst living in Durham. Experience Durham (and the rest of the North East) through the seasons as our postgraduate student ambassadors take you through their top events/places to visit over the course of the year. 18 July 12:00 - 13:00 hrs Event Time Announcer

 

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